How Tupac and Thanos led to Douglas, the most impressively humanlike A.I. yet
First it was holographic Tupac and Marvel's Thanos. Now, VFX studio Digital Domain brings us Douglas, an autonomous human who loves sci-fi and Stephen King......»»
Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explains the world’s seeming lack of trust in science
In our latest "Edge of Knowledge" episode, we look at facts versus feelings. Produced by Katherine Wzorek. Edited by Louis Lalire and Ron Douglas. Click here for transcript. (video link) The public has a very strange relationship with scie.....»»
Right-to-repair court case decision delayed for third time since March
In a court filing, U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock cited "the need to consider fully the implications" of the Supreme Court's decision Thursday in West Virginia vs. EPA......»»
TikTok can’t stop users from doxxing the Supreme Court
Some videos claim to share conservative judges' credit card info. Enlarge (credit: Douglas Rissing | iStock / Getty Images Plus) Retaliating TikTok users have created an online blitz of protest videos following the Supreme Cou.....»»
1More Comfobuds Mini Review: All the Essentials
We take a look at 1More Comfobuds Mini's features, specs, and performance. The post 1More Comfobuds Mini Review: All the Essentials first appeared on Phandroid. 1More is one of those brands that have managed to put out impressively affordab.....»»
New York Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments For Rent
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Curbed: The fever isn't breaking. There are now bidding wars for one in every five Manhattan rental apartments (and one in three luxury units), according to the most recent Douglas Elliman report. Inventory in.....»»
Finishing touch: How scientists are giving robots humanlike tactile senses
Giving robots sight and hearing is fairly straightforward these days, but equipping them with a robust sense of touch is far more difficult......»»
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" mid-credit scene, explained
Every good Marvel fan knows to stay in their seat after the credits roll on an MCU movie. Marvel has mastered the art of the next-movie tease, introducing characters as influential as Thanos in the post-credits of The Avengers and seeding plotlines l.....»»
AI-Powered Artificial Fingertip Gives Robots a Nearly Humanlike Touch
Slashdot reader sciencehabit shares this article from Science magazine: Robots can be programmed to lift a car and even help perform some surgeries, but when it comes to picking up an object they have not touched before, such as an egg, they often f.....»»
Thinning can help offset cost of managing mature forests
Research by the Oregon State University College of Forestry suggests a way for forest managers to reduce the costs associated with managing older Douglas-fir stands......»»
A car called Keith: Why we give objects human characteristics
Why do we yell at our computer when it struggles to work? Why do some cars look like they're smiling? Why does your guitar seem free-spirited? This is because of our innate human tendency for anthropomorphism: the ascription of humanlike characterist.....»»
NASA highlights amazing ‘super bowls’ in our solar system
On the day of America's most-watched sporting event, NASA has posted 10 impressively super, bowl-shaped venues adorning worlds in our solar system......»»
The best movies of Douglas Trumbull, Hollywood’s VFX master
We're looking back at the legacy of special effects artist Douglas Trumbull and the numerous classic films he worked on, including Blade Runner and 2001......»»
Douglas Trumbull, VFX Whiz For "Blade Runner", "2001" and Others, Dies At 79
Douglas Trumbull, the visual effects mastermind behind Blade Runner, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous others, died on Monday at age 79. His daughter Amy Trumbull announced the news on Facebook, writing that her fa.....»»
AI Unmasks Anonymous Chess Players, Posing Privacy Risks
silverjacket shares a report from Science.org: [A]n AI has shown it can tag people based on their chess-playing behavior, an advance in the field of "stylometrics" that could help computers be better chess teachers or more humanlike in their game pla.....»»
AI"s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios
"Who needs Terminators when you have precision clickbait and ultra-deepfakes?" asks IEEE Spectrum: Hollywood's worst-case scenario involving artificial intelligence (AI) is familiar as a blockbuster sci-fi film: Machines acquire humanlike intellige.....»»
MSI takes on MacBook Pro with RTX 3080 Ti-powered Creator Z16P
MSI's new Creator Z16P and Z17 offer impressively powerful new graphics to compete against the MacBook Pro for creatives......»»
TSMC advanced packaging enters next phase of development, says company VP
TSMC's 3DFabric family of 3D silicon stacking and advanced packaging technologies is in the next stage of its development, advancing from system integration to system scaling, according to Douglas Yu, company VP of Pathfinding for System Integration......»»
Interesting research, but no, we don’t have living, reproducing robots
Don't believe the hype—this isn't reproduction or replication. Enlarge / The crescent-shaped balls of cells would travel in circles, piling up cells that could grow into mobile clusters. (credit: Sam Kriegman and Douglas Blackiston).....»»
Inspired by art, researchers find the finger snap to have the highest acceleration the human body produces
The snapping of a finger was first depicted in ancient Greek art around 300 B.C. Today, that same snap initiates evil forces for the villain Thanos in Marvel's latest Avengers movie. Both media inspired a group of researchers from the Georgia Institu.....»»
Why Thanos couldn’t have snapped his fingers while wearing the Infinity Glove
A "Goldilocks zone" of friction produces the perfect finger snap, study finds. A snapping finger produces the highest rotational accelerations observed in humans, according to a new study. A snapping fing.....»»